Newswire - January, 2013

Thursday May 23, 2013

2:53 PM

National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance: Citizen Activists Confer With US Attorney Urging an Indictment Against US President, CIA Director, and Other for War Crimes

2:51 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Introduced

1:18 PM

Environmental Groups: Opposition to Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Increases While Support Wanes in House Vote

12:45 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Senate Votes on Food Labeling Amendment

12:13 PM

ACLU: Statement on Proposed 20 Week Abortion Ban

10:07 AM

US PIRG: New Report Documents a Decade of Safety Violations by Compounding Pharmacies

9:38 AM

Oil Change International: House Supporters of Keystone XL Took $56 Million From Fossil Fuel Industry Before Pipeline Vote

9:32 AM

Jeremy Scahill on DOJ Admission of Americans Killed in Drone Strikes

9:26 AM

ACLU Comment on U.S. Admission to Killing Americans in Targeted Killing Program

Wednesday May 22, 2013

5:42 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights Attorneys, Media Challenge Secrecy of Manning Court Martial in Civilian Court

5:10 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders, Boxer, Begich, DeFazio File Bills on Fed Conflicts of Interest

4:27 PM

CODEPINK: Obama Speaks On Drones & Gitmo: CODEPINK Speaks Back!

2:47 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Let States Require GMO Food Labels

2:44 PM

Advocacy Groups: Internal Documents Reveal New York Corporation Deceiving Investors and Communities in Troubled Africa Palm-Oil Project

2:40 PM

Center for Food Safety: More States Support GMO Labeling Bills

12:49 PM

Common Cause: Los Angeles Voters Overwhelmingly Back Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

12:06 PM

ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Hears First For-Profit Challenge to Contraception Rule

11:04 AM

Food & Water Watch: On Pollution Trading in the Chesapeake: Congress Should Hear Both Sides of the Story

9:25 AM

Conservation Groups: Indigenous Peoples Protest Destructive Sarawak Dams, Corruption at Industry Conference in Malaysia

Tuesday May 21, 2013

5:17 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Scientists Call on Obama Administration to Keep Gray Wolves Protected Under Endangered Species Act

5:10 PM

Oxfam: Radical Change Needed in Way World Deals With Ever Increasing Numbers of People at Risk of Calamity

5:04 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Whistleblower Coleen Rowley on Obama “Transparency”

5:02 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: With Verdict Annulled, Guatemala Genocide Trial Can Continue

4:21 PM

ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban

4:18 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Calls for Gas Price Probe, Emergency Action by Oil Market Regulators

4:16 PM

NARAL & Bridge Project Report: Susan B. Anthony List’s Anti-Choice Machine Ramps Up 2014 Plans

2:04 PM

One Wisconsin Now: One Wisconsin Now to Travel to Iowa as Gov. Walker Pursues Presidential Ambitions

1:59 PM

CREW Sues IRS to Revise Rules Governing 501(C)(4) Groups

12:11 PM

ACLU: Major Victories for Civil Liberties Secured in Today's Immigration Bill Markup

Monday May 20, 2013

3:29 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: “Wake Up!” Obama Nixonian, Shield Law Hollow Says Pentagon Papers Lawyer

3:25 PM

Common Cause: Senate Should End Its Holiday

9:55 AM

Center for Media & Democracy: Dissent or Terror: New Report Details How Counter Terrorism Apparatus Was Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide

Saturday May 18, 2013

1:53 PM

Amazon Watch: International Rivers Conference Exposes Global Impact of Dam Industry

Friday May 17, 2013

3:55 PM

Greenpeace Calls Out Mitch McConnell’s IRS Hypocrisy With Full Page Ad in Lexington Herald-Leader

3:51 PM

Earthjustice: Congressional Hearing Seeks to Prevent Health Safeguard

3:43 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: AP Scandal and the War on Whistleblowers

2:27 PM

ACLU: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Abortion Ban

2:25 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Americans Across the Country Celebrate Endangered Species Day and Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Landmark Law

2:23 PM

Common Cause: Political Non-Profits Shouldn't Be Allowed to Hide Behind Tax Laws

12:12 PM

CREW: In Lawsuit Against IRS, CREW Continues Battle to Close 501(C)(4) Loophole

12:08 PM

Organic Consumers Association Calls on Congress to Reject King Amendment and Any Other Farm Bill Riders That Would Preempt State GMO Labeling Laws

9:14 AM

ACLU: Federal Court Says Arizona Violates Constitution by Denying Drivers Licenses to DREAMers

Thursday May 16, 2013

5:23 PM

Earthjustice: Interior Department Bows to Oil and Gas Industry Pressure, Weakens Fracking Rules

5:11 PM

350.org: Over 100 Protest Harper in New York Over Canada’s Dismal Climate Policies and Keystone XL

5:10 PM

NRDC: Administration Releases New Draft Rules for Fracking on Public Lands

5:07 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Rare Alaska Freshwater Seals One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection

5:03 PM

Earthjustice: Court Rules Against Industry Efforts to Hide Health Effects of Styrene

5:02 PM

Earthjustice: Conservationists Argue for Protection of Arizona National Monuments

5:00 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: High Seas Harassment of Fisheries Observers More Than Doubles

4:54 PM

Public Citizen: IRS Controversy Does Not Diminish Need for Fair and Balanced Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending

12:51 PM

Food & Water Watch: Electric Utilities Top List of U.S. Toxic Water Polluters 

12:50 PM

Oxfam: Rising Debt and Falling Aid Force Poor Countries to Cut Spending on Health and Farmers

12:48 PM

Brennan Center for Justice: States Enacting Foreign Law Bans Driven by Anti-Muslim Sentiment Will Face Legal and Practical Problems

Wednesday May 15, 2013

5:37 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: On 5th Anniversary of Federal Listing for Polar Bears, Lawsuit Launched to Force Obama Administration to Ramp Up Protections

5:28 PM

Beyond Nuclear: Pandora’s Propaganda: New Documentary Omits Sound Science and Expert Research and Should be Viewed with the Facts at Hand

5:18 PM

Public Citizen: On One-Year Anniversary of U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Colombia Remains Deadliest Country for Union Members

5:13 PM

US PIRG: Proposed Farm Bills Continue Giant Giveaways to Big Agribusiness

5:10 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Suit Filed Against Destructive Caltrans Highway-widening Project in Remote Del Norte County

2:19 PM

Milwaukee Workers Organizing Committee: Fast Food and Retail Strikes Spread to Milwaukee, Fifth City in Recent Weeks

2:17 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: As Deficit Declines Don’t Forget Working Families

12:25 PM

London Guantánamo Campaign to Stage “Murder Scene” Outside US Embassy, London to Mark 100th Day of Guantánamo Hunger Strike, Saturday 18th May, 2-4pm

12:20 PM

Organic Consumers Association Calls on NOP to Get Carrageenan Out of Organics

9:19 AM

Freedom to Marry: Brazil National Council of Justice Paves Way for the Freedom to Marry

Tuesday May 14, 2013

4:25 PM

Common Cause: IRS Enforcement and the Misuse of Nonprofits to Hide Political Spending

4:20 PM

League of Conservation Voters: Coalition Delivers 72,000 Petitions to NBC, ABC, CBS Demanding More Climate Change Coverage

4:16 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Administration Spying on Journalists

4:14 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: As Global Warming Threshold Passes, Fossil Subsidies Continue

4:12 PM

Friends of the Earth: Federal Judges: No San Onofre Restart Without Formal Relicensing Hearings

2:45 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: NRA Admits Ignorance of Basic Facts About Lead Ammo's Lethal Toll on Endangered Condors

2:37 PM

Food Democracy Now: Family Farmer Group Slams Supreme Court Ruling on Monsanto’s GMO Seed Patents

12:41 PM

ACLU: New Bill Prevents Employers From Pushing Pregnant Workers Out of Work

12:37 PM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Two Local Oklahomans Shut Down Work at an Active Keystone XL Construction Site in Holdenville, Oklahoma

12:33 PM

Food & Water Watch: Biotech Ambassadors: Diplomacy or Marketing?

9:16 AM

Freedom to Marry: Minnesota Becomes 12th State to Pass Freedom to Marry

9:15 AM

ACLU Comment on Justice Department Subpoenas of AP Phone Records

Monday May 13, 2013

6:05 PM

Greenpeace: Indigenous Peoples Put Arctic Council on Alert on Eve of Foreign Ministers Meeting

6:04 PM

CREW Releases Report Examining the Influence of High Frequency Traders in Washington

6:00 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Vermont Legislature Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Measure; Gov. Shumlin Expected to Sign Bill Into Law

5:56 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Following Hawking’s Israel Boycott: TIAA-CREF and Other Companies

5:16 PM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Fourth Generation Oklahoman Halts Construction On Keystone XL Easement

5:10 PM

Labor Groups: Walmart Associates, Community Supporters Launch New Website www.ReallyWalmart.org

2:30 PM

Public Citizen: TPP Should Keep Dairy “Off the Table”

10:05 AM

Food & Water Watch Sues FDA for Concealing Records on Arsenic in Poultry Feed

Friday May 10, 2013

6:20 PM

Center for Food Safety: Vermont House Passes GE Food Labeling Bill

4:21 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Feds Finally Examining Impacts of Oil Industry’s Seismic Blasts on Marine Mammals

3:25 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Congressional Briefing Urges Obama to Use His Authority to Close Guantánamo

3:14 PM

CODEPINK: Stages Bold Action in front of the White House, Demands Justice for Guantanamo Prisoners

9:24 AM

Move to Amend: Nationwide Day of Action Against Corporate Personhood: May 10, 2013

9:22 AM

National Low Income Housing Coalition Fannie and Freddie Should be Making Statutorily Required Contributions to the National Housing Trust Fund

9:20 AM

ACLU Comment on First Day of Immigration Reform Markup

Thursday May 9, 2013

3:40 PM

St. Louis Organizing Committee: Strike Wave by Fast Food Workers Spreads to Nation's Heartland

2:36 PM

Earthjustice: Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary Jewell Not to Strip Wolf Protections Across U.S.

2:34 PM

Common Cause: Civic Groups Call for Transparency in the High Costs of Using Military Aircraft for Congressional Travel

2:32 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Transcribing Bradley Manning’s Trial: Group Tries to Ensure Transparency

12:25 PM

Nuclear Experts: Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks In 3 Days Are Latest Stumbles For U.S. Nuclear Power Industry

12:16 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Statistical Study Shows That First Audit of Venezuelan Election is Decisive

11:08 AM

Voces de la Frontera Wisconsin Immigrant Mothers Call on Senator Ron Johnson for Family Unity this Mother’s Day Holiday

11:06 AM

Cornucopia Institute: Not Good Enough for Pet Food

Wednesday May 8, 2013

6:20 PM

Corporate Accountability International: This Mother's Day: Moms Aren't Lovin' It

3:24 PM

Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Composting Is Key to New Business Sector and Green Jobs, Says New Report

3:20 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Summit Draws Together Supporters of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Benefits

11:24 AM

Friends of the Earth: Everest 'Climbing for Climate Justice' Expedition Aims to Break World Records

11:15 AM

ACLU: Delaware Governor Signs Law Officially Legalizing Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

11:13 AM

Freedom to Marry: Delaware Becomes 11th State to Approve the Freedom to Marry

Tuesday May 7, 2013

5:16 PM

Group: Daniel Ellsberg to Speak at SF Pride Board Meeting to Address Allegation's Against Bradley Manning

3:31 PM

Fitzgibbon Media: MoveOn.org, CREDO, Presente.org. Sierra Club, Democracy for America Pull Facebook Ads

2:28 PM

Public Citizen and Sierra Club Denounce World Trade Organization Attack on Successful Clean Energy Program

2:24 PM

Oil Change International: Keystone XL Pipeline Could Cost $100 Billion Per Year in Health and Environmental Damages

2:01 PM

Earthjustice: Groups Petition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Water Quality Standard in Appalachia to Protect Communities from Mountaintop Removal Mining Pollution

12:47 PM

ACLU: Bipartisan Task Force on Over-Criminalization a Step in Right Direction

Monday May 6, 2013

4:42 PM

Friends of the Earth: California Cap-and-Trade Scheme Could Endanger Rainforest Peoples

4:38 PM

Earthjustice: Conservationists Act to Stop Industrialization of the Thompson Divide

4:37 PM

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: FCC Rejects Petition, but Leaves Door Open to Future Action Against News Corp.

4:34 PM

Brady Campaign and Partners To Launch Mother's Day Week of Action

4:12 PM

Americans for Safe Access: California Supreme Court Recognizes Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, But Says Localities May Ban Them

2:03 PM

Oxfam: Africa’s Growth Must Benefit All Its Citizens

Friday May 3, 2013

4:04 PM

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report

4:03 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Settlement Reached to Safeguard Critical Ocean, Beach Habitat for Atlantic, Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles

4:01 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Proposed Endangered Species Act Protection for Rare Bird Weakened

3:59 PM

CODEPINK Launches Global Hunger Strike and Vigils Calling for Justice for Prisoners at Guantanamo

3:54 PM

Union of Concerned Scientists: World Leaders Lack Political Will to Make Progress at Climate Negotiations in Bonn

9:34 AM

Environmental Groups: Indigenous Peoples Launch New Occupation on Belo Monte Dam Site

9:33 AM

Freedom to Marry: RI Becomes Tenth State Where Same-Sex Couples Can Marry

Thursday May 2, 2013

5:13 PM

ACLU Statement on Maryland Governor Signing Death Penalty Repeal

5:11 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: FCC Chairman Nominee “Bizarre Choice”

5:08 PM

Earthjustice: Fracking Ban Stands in New York Town; Victory for Local Communities

5:05 PM

Earthjustice: African-American Citizens Sue City of Rochelle, Georgia Over Decades of Sewage Dumping

3:59 PM

Bradley Manning Support Network: LGBT Leaders Champion WikiLeaks Soldier After SF Pride Controversy

3:55 PM

Pesticide Action Network: Statement on USDA Honey Bee Report: More Inaction

1:44 PM

Food & Water Watch: GE Salmon Falls Short on Growth Promise; FDA Falls Short on Sound Science

1:40 PM

Environmental Groups: New DC Metro Ads Expose Exxon Mobil Oil Spill in Arkansas

1:30 PM

Common Cause: Transparency Promises Ring Hollow as ALEC Convenes in Oklahoma

1:29 PM

NOW: Justice Department's Appeal of Judge Korman's Ruling on Plan B is a Step Backwards in Women's Health

1:27 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Commerce Secretary Nominee Tied to Bank Scandal

1:25 PM

Campaign for America's Future: CEOs Pushing Austerity Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay

Wednesday May 1, 2013

6:08 PM

Middle East Children's Alliance Celebrates 25 Years of Work with Event with Noam Chomsky : Amps Up Campaign for Humanitarian Relief for Refugees

6:06 PM

Shut It Down Affinity Group Brings ousted NRC Chair to NRC Hearing

6:01 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Refuses to Curb Deadly Coal Mine Pollution

5:57 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Raises Questions on Reported FCC Nominee

1:42 PM

Witness Against Torture: Day 84 of the Guantanamo Hunger Strike

12:31 PM

NOW: FDA's Ruling to Hinder Accessibility of Plan B; NOW Calls For Implementation of Judge Korman's Ruling

12:29 PM

SEIU: May Day Nationwide Actions Push for Commonsense Immigration Reform

12:20 PM

Beyond Nuclear: Federal Agency to Meet with Citizens Groups in Nationwide Call to Revoke the Operating Licenses of Dangerous U.S. Fukushima Design Reactors

12:12 PM

Stand Up Chicago: Striking Workers Speak Out on Immigration Reform

Tuesday April 30, 2013

4:39 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama Can Transfer Hunger Strikers from Guantanamo

4:37 PM

Food & Water Watch: Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Win Key Vote in California Legislature

4:32 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights Demands Obama Take Action Available to Him to Close Gitmo: Use Waiver, Transfer 86 Cleared Men, Lift Yemen Repatriations Ban

4:13 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: National Academy of Sciences Study: Feds Are Failing to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides

12:34 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Trade Sanctions Sought to Stop Mass Killing of Sea Turtles in Mexican Fisheries

12:29 PM

CREDO Slams Mark Zuckerberg for Anti-Environmental Ads

Monday April 29, 2013

5:51 PM

ACLU: Supreme Court Rejects Alabama's Request to Review the State's Anti-Immigrant Law

5:08 PM

Wildlife Conservation Groups Join Fight to Ban d-CON Rat Poisons

3:07 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Obama’s “Economic Race Legacy”

3:00 PM

Center for Science in the Public Interest: And Now Caffeinated Gum?

1:11 PM

Friends of the Earth: EU Pesticide Restrictions a Victory for Bees and Common Sense

12:56 PM

Pesticide Action Network: Europe Restricts Bee-Harming Pesticides

12:53 PM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Two Protesters Lock Themselves to Equipment to Protect the Cross Timbers from Tar Sands

11:56 AM

Peace Groups: Activists Press Hancock Air Base to Obey International Law

Friday April 26, 2013

5:31 PM

Friends of The Earth: Keystone XL: What is Foggy Bottom Hiding?

5:29 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Senators Seek Support for Seniors

3:41 PM

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: Advocates to Rahm Emanuel: No Coke Ads on Residential Recycling Bins

3:39 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Venezuelan Audit Can’t Find Any Different Result in Presidential Election, Statistical Analysis Shows

10:16 AM

Bradley Manning Support Network: WikiLeaker Bradley Manning Honored at World Famous SF Gay Pride Parade

10:11 AM

Witness Against Torture: Activists Pressure to Close Guantanamo as Hunger Strike Escalates and Senator Feinstein Calls for Restart of Transfers from the Prison

Thursday April 25, 2013

5:15 PM

Scrap the Map: Join the May Day International Day of Solidarity with the Seattle MAP Test Boycott

4:56 PM

CODEPINK: Wrong Bush Arrested at Bush Library Opening in Dallas

4:53 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Frog From Mississippi, Louisiana Gets Help in Federal Court

4:52 PM

Amnesty International: Palestinian Academic Given Detention Extension Must Be Released

4:48 PM

Greenpeace: Demands RSPO Strengthen Standards, Expel Rogue Forest Destroyers

4:46 PM

Union of Concerned Scientists: Draft Senate Nuclear Waste Bill Fails to Address Current Storage Safety Issues at Nuclear Power Plants

4:39 PM

350.org: Ten U.S. Cities Commit to Pursue Fossil Fuel Divestment

4:35 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Boston Bombing and Immigration Reform: The Risks of Expanding Biometric Cybersurveillance

4:28 PM

Government Accountability Project: USDA Whistleblowers: Chemical Use in Poultry Plants a Serious Health Hazard

4:27 PM

Food & Water Watch: Shale Commission Report Cites Dangers, But Presumes Fracking Inevitable in Maryland

4:22 PM

Earthjustice: Conservation Groups Challenge TVA’s Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant

3:39 PM

US PIRG, U.S. Representatives Bass and Courtney Speak on Legislative Solutions to Student Debt Crisis

3:20 PM

War on Want: Campaigners Demand Action Following Bangladesh Building Collapse

1:14 PM

PNHP: Insured But Unable to Afford Health Care

1:11 PM

Environmental Groups: Nearly 1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed with FDA

1:07 PM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Blockader Encases Arm Inside Block of Concrete to Halt Keystone XL Construction

1:06 PM

Food & Water Watch: Federal GE Food Labeling Bill a Win for Consumers

1:04 PM

Freedom to Marry: RI Senate Passes Marriage Bill, Assuring Freedom to Marry for Rhode Island

Wednesday April 24, 2013

4:13 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Sierra Nevada Frog and Toad Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection, With 2 Million Acres of Protected Habitat

12:16 PM

Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago: Strike Wave by Fast Food and Retail Workers Spreads to Chicago

12:09 PM

Public Citizen: 10 Questions for the Corporate Witnesses at Today’s Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tuesday April 23, 2013

5:04 PM

Earthjustice: Court Upholds EPA’s Power To Protect Communities From Mountaintop Removal Mining

5:01 PM

Earthjustice: Court Orders EPA to Move Forward on Power Plant Water Pollution Rule

4:56 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Submits Field Research to Senate by Yemeni and Human Rights Advocates on Civilian Impact of Targeted Killing Operations

4:54 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Senate Panel Examines Ways to Address Primary Care Crisis

4:21 PM

Cornucopia Institute: Pressure Mounts to Remove GMOs From Infant Formula

4:16 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Fracking Moratorium Bill Attracts Support From Nurses, Farmers, Cancer Group

1:26 PM

Common Cause President Bob Edgar Dies at 69

12:28 PM

Violence Policy Center: NRA’s Long-Running Opposition to Regulation of Common Explosives Threatens Public Safety While Benefiting Its Gun Industry “Corporate Partners” New VPC Report Reveals

12:27 PM

350.org: Public Comments Highlight that Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline is All Risk and No Reward

9:27 AM

Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Court Ruling Leaves Hundreds of Endangered Species Vulnerable to Pesticides

Monday April 22, 2013

4:26 PM

Witness Against Torture: Arrests at Federal Courthouse in NYC as Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Widens

4:04 PM

Voces de la Frontera: Senate Immigration Proposal Introduces Landmark Reforms, But It's Not Enough

2:49 PM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Activist Locks Himself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery Launching a “Red River Showdown” Over KXL South

2:43 PM

US PIRG: Texas Fertilizer Plant Tragedy Reminder of Need for Better Chemical Safety Rules

2:41 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Earth Day

2:36 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Earth Day: “No Profit” When You Add Environmental Costs

2:33 PM

Earthjustice: After 30 Years of Inaction, EPA Finally Proposes Plans for Power Plant Water Pollution

2:30 PM

Dēmos: New Report: CT Public Financing Experience Makes Case for Reform in NYS

2:28 PM

CODEPINK Kicks off Week of Protests with Coalition Press Conference and Actions at Southern Methodist University

2:25 PM

CODEPINK: Southern Methodist University Security Issues Citations to Peaceful Demonstrators at George W. Bush Library

2:23 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: 15,000 Free Endangered Species Condoms Distributed for Earth Day

1:59 PM

RootsAction: Vieques Marks 10 Years Since Closing Bombing Range

Saturday April 20, 2013

12:52 PM

ACLU Statement on Capture of Boston Bombing Suspect

Friday April 19, 2013

5:50 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Boston Bombings: Reflection from Watertown

5:45 PM

Public Citizen: On Third Anniversary of BP Disaster, the Story That Needs to Be Told

3:02 PM

Jubilee: IMF Head Christine Lagarde Calls for Investment in Job Programs and Moderation of Austerity Policies for Northern Countries

12:45 PM

Organic Consumers Association: Calls for Resignation of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo), Author of Monsanto Protection Act

12:41 PM

Jubilee USA: Monday Deadline Approaches for Holdout Hedge Fund – NML Capital – to Respond to Argentina Payment Plan in Landmark US Appeals Court Decision

11:16 AM

Government Accountability Project: 3 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Report Shows Devastating Impact of Dispersant Used in "Cleanup"

9:41 AM

Survival International: Worldwide Protests to Stop Amazon Gas Project Expansion

9:36 AM

Shut It Down: Shut It Downers on Fourth Day of Vermont Yankee Protest

Thursday April 18, 2013

5:35 PM

Physicians for a National Health Program: Study Reveals Austerity’s Harmful Impact on Health in Greece

5:34 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Deadly Texas Explosion: Key Facts

5:32 PM

Earthjustice: Tribe Opposes Proposal to Turn Grays Harbor into an Industrial Crude Oil Zone

5:30 PM

CODEPINK and Allies Converge in Dallas for a Week of Protesting the new George W. Bush Library & Policy Center

5:29 PM

PennPIRG to EQT: Elections Are Not for Shale

5:27 PM

Greenpeace Urges Mauritius to Deny Entry to Suspected Illegal South Korean Fishing Vessel

4:33 PM

League of Conservation Voters: House to Move Forward with Toxic Tar Sands Spill Approval Act

4:30 PM

Free Press: Dangerous Cybersecurity Bill Passes House, Despite Opposition by White House and Civil Liberties Groups

4:24 PM

Civil Rights Groups: Voting Rights Is Under Attack

4:21 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Abdicates Oversight Role in Protecting Florida Waters

4:18 PM

Oakland Institute: Eco-Skies: The Global Rush for Aviation Biofuel

4:15 PM

Task Force Applauds Reintroduction of Student Non-Discrimination Act in U.S. House

3:51 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: New Lawsuit Aims to Protect More California Public Lands From Fracking

3:48 PM

Jubilee USA: International Monetary Fund Lowers Growth Estimates for United States and Global Economy

3:46 PM

ACLU Comment on House Passage of CISPA

1:20 PM

ACLU Hails Introduction of Key House Bill to Stop Discrimination and Improve Lives of LGBT Students

1:15 PM

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Screen-Free Week is April 29 – May 5, 2013!

1:09 PM

Food Democracy Now: “Monsanto Protection Act” Spreads to Oregon in New Bill Passed that Will Ban Local Control Over Food and Farms

10:11 AM

Organic Consumers Association and Consumer Activists to Picket, Protest GMO Apple at Biotechnology Industry Organization Convention in Chicago

Wednesday April 17, 2013

5:34 PM

Friends of The Earth: Robin Hood Tax Legislation Introduced, Could Generate Billions of Dollars to Fight Climate Change

5:33 PM

Earthjustice: Communities Ask Court for Protection from Toxic Air Pollution

5:31 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Press and Public Denied Access to Documents in Bradley Manning Case

5:28 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Group Appeals Dismissal of Federal Animal Rights “Terrorism” Challenge

5:24 PM

Common Cause: Expected Senate Action on Gun Violence Legislation Is Cowardly Dodge

5:08 PM

NOW Supports Robin Hood Tax

3:36 PM

Robin Hood Tax Campaign: Rep. Ellison’s Inclusive Prosperity Act - HR 1579 Reintroduced with Broad Public Backing

3:33 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Urged to Toughen Standards to Protect Marine Life From Ocean Acidification

3:30 PM

ACLU of Florida Statement on Immigration Reform Bill

12:30 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Poll: Three Out of Four Washington, D.C. Voters Want to Remove Criminal Penalties for Marijuana Possession Under District Law

12:27 PM

Freedom to Marry: New Zealand Passes Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

12:23 PM

Greenpeace: Polluting Paradise: Big Brands Including Gap Exposed in Indonesian Toxic Water Scandal

Tuesday April 16, 2013

6:21 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Parents Boycott Testing

3:59 PM

Move to Amend: New Internet Commercial by Campaign to End Corporate Personhood

3:48 PM

National Low Income Housing Coalition Statement in Support of Trail of Hope Demonstration

3:44 PM

Public Citizen: 500,000 Americans Urge SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending

3:42 PM

Friends of the Earth: San Onofre: NRC Opens Public Comment on Edison's Dangerous Nuclear Experiment

3:39 PM

NARAL: Statement on the Trial of Kermit Gosnell

3:37 PM

Earthjustice: San Pedro River Condemned by Arizona Department of Water Resources

3:30 PM

ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights File Challenge Against Arkansas Abortion Ban

3:25 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Obama’s Much-needed Ocean Plan Falls Short on Warming, Acidification

1:01 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Kermit Gosnell Trial: Separating Truth From Lies

12:44 PM

Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club: More Grand Canyon Condors Die of Lead Poisoning

10:04 AM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Election Analysis from Venezuela

8:00 AM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistances: Two Lifelong Oklahomans Halt Construction of Keystone XL Work Site

7:30 AM

ACLU: Gang of 8 Bill Important First Step, Needs Improvement

7:00 AM

Oceana: Marine Life and Coastal Economies Threatened by Seismic Airgun Use in Atlantic Ocean

Monday April 15, 2013

5:30 PM

CCR: Retaliation for Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows

5:29 PM

Public Citizen: Keystone XL Would Increase Gas Prices, Reduce National Energy Security, New Public Citizen Report Finds

5:26 PM

CCR: Brooklyn College Students for Justice in Palestine Vindicated After 2-Month CUNY Investigation into BDS Event

3:50 PM

Public Citizen to Secretary of HHS: Suspend Enrollment in Baby Trials, Release Details of Ongoing and Earlier Experiments

3:40 PM

EWG: Superbugs Invade America’s Supermarket Meat

2:00 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Thousands Call for Investigation of Wildlife Services' Killing of Mexican Wolf, Cover-up

1:08 PM

ACLU: Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging Patents on Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes

12:29 PM

Friends of the Earth: Keystone XL: Friends of the Earth Files for Release of State Department Records on Massive Lobbying Operation by TransCanada and Province of Alberta

12:24 PM

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: Parents to United Airlines: No Media Violence on Overhead Screens;

12:23 PM

US PIRG: New Legislation Introduced to Close Offshore Tax Loopholes

12:20 PM

Americans for Safe Access: Michigan Medical Marijuana Patient Refused Placement in Prison Medical Facility Despite Judge's Recommendation

12:17 PM

Violence Policy Center: Guns are Rarely Used to Kill Criminals or Stop Crimes New VPC Analysis Reveals

12:15 PM

Jubilee USA Network: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Introduction on Tax Day

12:08 PM

Greenpeace: Young Explorers, Greenpeace Plant Flag on Seabed at North Pole, Call for Global Sanctuary

9:21 AM

CEPR: Maduro’s Win, Though Narrow, Likely Results from People’s Improved Living Standards in Chávez Era, says CEPR Co-Director

Friday April 12, 2013

5:37 PM

Public Citizen: U.S. Laws Would Be Exposed for Attacks by Japanese Corporations if Japan is Included in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

3:41 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Bipartisan Bill Introduced in Congress to Immunize Individuals Acting in Compliance With State Marijuana Laws

2:34 PM

Greenpeace: Global Sustainability Forum Tells Indonesian Paper Giant: End Deforestation or Else

2:32 PM

Doctors Without Borders: Hunger Strikes Malian Refugees Stranded in Mauritanian Desert

2:05 PM

Survival International: Paris Judge Rejects Attempt to Halt Auction of Hopi Sacred Objects

12:53 PM

Lakota Solidarity: UN Fails to Accommodate Lakota Genocide Complaint

12:49 PM

Food & Water Watch: National Organic Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics

12:46 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: After Legal Challenge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rescinds Permit to Trap Border-crossing Wolves in the Southwest

Thursday April 11, 2013

5:03 PM

Witness Against Torture: As Guantánamo Hunger Strike Continues, Activists Rally Nationwide for “Day of Action to Close Guantánamo & End Indefinite Detention”

5:01 PM

ACLU Statement on Senate Gun Control Package

4:58 PM

PIRG: 'Don't Frack Our Elections'

4:30 PM

ACLU Comment on CISPA Markup

12:09 PM

Harvard Law School, National Lawyers Guild: 'Deep Capture: Psychology, Public Relations, Democracy, and Law' Conference Saturday April 13, 2013

10:13 AM

Bradley Manning Support Network: Military Decrees Media Access is a Privilege, Not a Right

Wednesday April 10, 2013

3:41 PM

Food & Water Watch Obama Administration Caves to Poultry Industry By Proceeding With Privatized Inspection

2:35 PM

PEER: Federal Pipeline Safety Vacuum Magnifies Risks

2:30 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Pelican Bay Solitary Confinement Case

2:29 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Baltimore Becomes 54th U.S. City Urging Obama to Use Clean Air Act to Stave Off Climate Crisis

2:27 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: EPA’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan Falls Short: Groups Urge Three Key Actions

2:10 PM

Nuclear Information and Resource Service: GAO Report Finds NRC Does Not Understand, Nor Do Its Regs Adequately Consider 'Shadow Evacuation' Phenomenon at Nuclear Reactor Sites

2:06 PM

ACLU Statement on Senate Passage of “Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act” Restricting Surveillance Drones

12:35 PM

Friends of the Earth: President Obama’s Budget Capitulation

10:19 AM

Jubilee USA Network Releases Statement on EU Agreement Extractive Industry Transparency

Tuesday April 9, 2013

5:41 PM

Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Oklahoma Grandmother Locks Herself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery

5:36 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Scientists and Health Experts: It's Time to Phase Out Lead Hunting Ammunition

5:29 PM

Voces de la Frontera: 200 Immigrant Families from Wisconsin to Travel to Washington for National Immigration Reform March

5:27 PM

NOW Calls on Congress to Reject President Obama's Betrayal of Women, as Chained CPI Compounds Harm Caused by Gender Pay Gap

4:57 PM

Lakota Elders Delegation: Lakota Elders Waiting to be Received by the UN Secretary General

1:07 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders, Sherman Propose Legislation to Break Up Big Banks

1:02 PM

CEPR: New Report on Deadly Honduras Counterdrugs Operation Raises New Questions Regarding U.S. Role

12:56 PM

CREW Calls on IRS to Amend Rule Allowing Social Welfare Groups to Engage in Political Activity

12:46 PM

Occupy Toronto: Millions Against Monsanto/Occupy Gardens Toronto

12:36 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Court Victory for Opponents of Fracking in California

Monday April 8, 2013

4:32 PM

ACLU Asks President Obama to Take Executive Action on Equal Pay

4:30 PM

Demand Progress, Internet Defense League Launch Week Of Action To Reform Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

3:41 PM

CCR: BOP Invents Special Restriction for Environmental Activist Daniel McGowan: No Publishing Articles

1:43 PM

ACLU of Florida: Florida Campaign for Juvenile Justice Rallies at State Capitol

1:13 PM

UCS Tells EPA: No More Food for Fuel

1:09 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: “I’m a Nation to Myself:” Iraqi Refugees in the United States

11:46 AM

Bradley Manning Support Network: Icelandic Leader Supporting Bradley Manning in the U.S.

Friday April 5, 2013

2:43 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Statement on Obama Cuts in Social Security, Veterans Benefits

12:40 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Jobs Report Shows “Little Change” at a Time of Mass Unemployment

Thursday April 4, 2013

5:37 PM

Public Citizen: Time to Open the Books on the Political Intelligence Industry

5:34 PM

Food & Water Watch:: Group Asks NC Attorney General to Investigate Possible Conflicts of Interest Behind NC’s Rush to Frack

3:43 PM

MPP: New Pew Poll Finds Majority of Americans Now Support Making Marijuana Legal

3:15 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: The Koreas: Lurching Towards War

3:14 PM

Fast Food Forward: Biggest Ever Fast Food Strike Sweeps NYC

1:36 PM

Common Cause and 46 Organizations Urge Public Interest-Oriented Leadership at FCC

1:33 PM

US PIRG:: Offshore Tax Havens Cost Average Taxpayer $1,026 a Year, Small Businesses $3,067

1:10 PM

ACLU Report Exposes Debtors’ Prison Practices in Ohio

12:36 PM

Food & Water Watch: Privatized Water Systems More Costly than Loans   

10:46 AM

Handicap International: 4 April - International Day of Mine Awareness

Wednesday April 3, 2013

5:20 PM

Friends of the Earth Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending

5:18 PM

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Calls on FEC to Investigate Checks and Balances for Economic Growth

5:14 PM

Campaign for America's Future The Rising American Electorate Sinking Together

12:53 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: New Report on U.S. Aid to Haiti Finds “Troubling” Lack of Transparency, Effectiveness

10:29 AM

Food & Water Watch: From Saccharin to GE Seed, Report Profiles Monsanto’s History Peddling Chemicals for Food, Agriculture, War

Tuesday April 2, 2013

4:51 PM

League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, Media Matters Launch Campaign Demanding More Climate Change Coverage on Evening News

4:48 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Minnesota Court of Appeals to Hear Argument on Lawsuit Challenging Wolf Hunting and Trapping

2:29 PM

Center for American Progress: VIDEO: CAP Unveils ‘Boom Without Boundaries’ Video Narrated by Winthrop Roosevelt

2:27 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Nobel Peace Prize for Bradley Manning?

2:27 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Paid Sick Days: Spreading Across the Country

2:24 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Launch of Campaign to Revoke Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

2:18 PM

Food & Water Watch: Nationwide Coalition Urges USDA to Protect Integrity of Country of Origin Labels

12:43 PM

Oil Change International Statement on 'Ludicrous' Exxon Tax Break for Arkansas Spill

Monday April 1, 2013

6:08 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Huge Arkansas Oil Spill Another Reminder of Spill Danger From Keystone XL, Other Pipelines

4:18 PM

Veterans for Peace: Don't Iraq Iran or Any Other Nation

4:10 PM

Doctors Without Borders: Indian Supreme Court Decision on Novartis Case a Victory for Access to Medicines in Developing Countries

4:06 PM

350.org: Bill McKibben Response to Tar Sands Spill in Arkansas

11:20 AM

Demand Progress: On Day Swartz Trial Would Have Begun, Demand Progress and Swartz's Partner Announce Week of Action Against Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Friday March 29, 2013

2:22 PM

NRDC: New Gasoline and Auto Pollution Standards Will Save Lives, Money and Clear Our Air

2:19 PM

Sierra Club: Obama Administration to Release Cleaner Tailpipe Standards

2:10 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Marijuana Decriminalization Law Takes Effect MONDAY in Rhode Island

1:54 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders, Weinberger Highlight First Use of Innovative Energy Efficiency Program

Thursday March 28, 2013

1:52 PM

Americans United Urges Federal Appeals Courts to Uphold Contraceptive Access

1:49 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Floridians Launch Lawsuit to Ensure Endangered Species Enjoy Full Endangered Species Act Protection

1:48 PM

Violence Policy Center: Examples of Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Persons Legally Allowed to Carry Concealed Handguns Hit 508--VPC Concealed Carry Killers March Update

9:28 AM

Center for Biological Diversity: Forest Service Weakens Bat Protection in Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota

Wednesday March 27, 2013

6:04 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Debate on Gay Marriage

5:47 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Bill Would Break Up Big Banks

3:28 PM

Demand Progress Aaron Swartz’s Partner and Demand Progress Encourage Internet to Defeat Harsh New CFAA Proposal

1:43 PM

ACLU: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Widow's Challenge to DOMA

12:30 PM

Tar Sands Blockade: Activist Climbs Flagpole Outside LyondellBasell, Hangs Banner Denouncing Investment in Tar Sands

12:21 PM

Americans United: Marriage Equality is a Matter of Simple Justice

Tuesday March 26, 2013

5:39 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Cyprus Small Part of World of Tax Havens

5:35 PM

Earthjustice: New Survey, Same Evidence: Our Streams and Rivers Are Dangerously Polluted

3:28 PM

Witness Against Torture: As Men at Guantanamo Hunger Strike, Human Rights Activists Respond With Fast and Demonstrations

3:12 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders to Postmaster General: Postal Service Must Keep Saturday Mail

12:19 PM

National Guestworker Alliance: Student Guestworkers Demand Dignity for all Workers at McDonald’s CEO’s Front Door

Monday March 25, 2013

4:30 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama “Heckled” About Palestinians * Gitmo Hunger Strike * AP: U.S. Arming Honduras Death Squads?

2:30 PM

PFAW Foundation Releases Report Analyzing Critical Issues To Be Argued In SCOTUS Marriage Cases

12:55 PM

Survival International: UN Demands ‘Immediate Suspension’ of Amazon Gas Plans

Friday March 22, 2013

3:31 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Three New Bills Seek to Halt California Fracking

3:23 PM

Oil Change International: 10 KXL Amendment Co-Sponsors Took $8 Million from Fossil Fuel Industry

12:41 PM

Public Citizen: New Study Underscores Increased Dangers of Certain Diabetes Treatments

12:40 PM

People For the American Way: 42 Young Elected Officials Call on Congress to Adopt Common-Sense Gun Violence Prevention Reforms

12:37 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: 739 Miles of U.S. Coastline Protected for Loggerhead Sea Turtles

10:35 AM

Jubilee USA: Releases Statement on Levin-McCain-Whitehouse Budget Amendment 430 that would End Offshore Tax Abuses by Large Corporations

10:33 AM

ACLU: Same-Sex Couples File Lawsuit Seeking the Freedom to Marry in New Mexico

Thursday March 21, 2013

5:38 PM

Public Citizen: D.C. Council Should Ban Campaign Contributions From Government Contractors

5:35 PM

Jubilee: Budget Debate includes Corporate Offshore Loopholes and Tax Avoidance

5:33 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Democrats Agreeing to Cut Social Security and Medicare

3:38 PM

People For the American Way: Bush’s Court: How the D.C. Circuit Threatens the Future of Progressive Reform

2:22 PM

ACLU: Senate and House Bills Would Require Police to Obtain Warrant for Location Tracking

9:27 AM

Food & Water Watch: Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Measure Full of Special Interest Favors

Wednesday March 20, 2013

4:02 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Poll: Majority of Americans Want Congress Out of Keystone XL Pipeline Decision, Oppose "Eminent Domain," Worry About Water, Wildlife

3:58 PM

Tar Sands Blockade: Anti-Keystone XL Protests Erupt Across Country With More Planned Soon - Thirty-Seven Arrested Already

12:33 PM

Friends of the Earth: Top Grocery Stores: We Won’t Sell Genetically Engineered Seafood

12:15 PM

ACLU: Expert to Testify at Landmark Hearing on Harsh Immigration System

9:35 AM

Beyond Nuclear: Nuclear Regulator Majority Vote Disregards Agency Staff Safety Recommendation on Unreliable Mark I and II Containment

9:31 AM

Center for Biological Diversity: 50 Cities Urge Obama to Act Against Climate Chaos

Tuesday March 19, 2013

3:54 PM

CCR: Rights Group Condemns Dismissal of Animal Rights “Terrorism” Case

3:50 PM

CCR: U.S. Veterans, Iraqi Organizations Demand Justice for U.S.-led Decade of War in Iraq

3:46 PM

ACLU: North Dakota Doctors Call on Governor to Veto Abortion Ban

3:45 PM

Public Citizen: Winners of ACTA and SOPA Battles Call for Exclusion of ‘Intellectual Property’ From EU-U.S. Trade Talks

3:43 PM

IPA: How the Iraq Invasion Spawned Sectarian War

3:41 PM

Food and Water Watch Baltimore City Council Passes Fracking Wastewater Bill

3:39 PM

Drug Policy Alliance: New Report: "One Million Police Hours: Making 440,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in New York City, 2002-2012"

3:37 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: States Could Save $73 Billion by Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices

2:15 PM

ACLU: Senate Bill Would Require Government to Obtain Warrant Before Accessing Emails

2:08 PM

National Whistleblowers Center: Major Victory for SOX Whistleblowers

2:00 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Northeast Songbird Threatened by Climate Change

11:00 AM

Worldwatch Institute: The Looming Threat of Water Scarcity

10:56 AM

Friends of the Earth: World Bank Must End Support fo Honduran Palm Oil Company Implicated in Dozens of Murders

Monday March 18, 2013

3:41 PM

People For the American Way: GOP Report Shows Party is Out of Touch With Americans on Threats to Democracy: Money in Politics and Voter Suppression

2:36 PM

ACLU in Federal Appeals Court Tuesday Arguing Against Warrantless GPS Tracking

2:10 PM

Cornucopia Institute: FDA Puts Industry Profit Over Public Health – Defends Safety of Controversial Food Additive

2:09 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Polluters Using Congressional Budget Process to Push Keystone XL Pipeline, Kill Climate Work, Harm Endangered Species Recovery

2:07 PM

Common Cause: Statement by Bob Edgar on Today's Supreme Court Hearing in Arizona v. ITCA

2:06 PM

Planned Parenthood: Praises Federal Ruling Striking Down Unconstitutional Missouri Anti-Birth Control Law

2:05 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Legacy of Iraq War Myths Ten Years Later

2:00 PM

Oxfam: Time for Governments to Make History and Agree to an Arms Trade Treaty

1:57 PM

Oakland Institute: A New Report, Eco-Skies, Sounds Alarm on Aviation Emissions Goals

1:37 PM

ACLU: ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Argument in Voter Registration Case

12:05 PM

NLIHC Launches Major New Campaign to Address Low Income Housing Crisis

Sunday March 17, 2013

2:23 PM

Iraq Body Count: The War in Iraq; 10 Years and Counting

Friday March 15, 2013

5:12 PM

ACLU: Maryland Set to Repeal Its Death Penalty

4:44 PM

NAACP: NAACP Celebrates Passage of Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland

2:03 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders to Hold Town Meeting on Global Warming

2:00 PM

Union of Concerned Scientists: Limited Media Access to Federal Scientists Persists Under Obama Administration

1:59 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Detroit Emergency Manager Scheme Under Fire

1:55 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Judge Approves Landmark Settlement in Immigration Policy Case

12:43 PM

ACLU: DC Appeals Court Rejects CIA's Secrecy Claims in ACLU's Targeted Killing FOIA Lawsuit

11:26 AM

Center for Biological Diversity: Court Hearing Focuses on Whether EPA Must Protect Hundreds of Endangered Species From Pesticides

9:24 AM

London Guantánamo Campaign to Hold Emergency Protest in Support of Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strikers, Sunday 17 March, 2-4pm, US Embassy

Thursday March 14, 2013

5:36 PM

Food & Water Watch: Americans Against Fracking Science Advisor Applauds Proposed Illinois Fracking Moratorium Statement of Sandra Steingraber on Behalf of Americans Against Fracking

3:00 PM

Survival International: Amazon Indians Unite Against Canadian Oil Giant

2:44 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Government Report Details Failures in Shell's Arctic Drilling Program

2:34 PM

Greenpeace: Department of the Interior Report Calls for Paperwork Instead of Arctic Protection

1:58 PM

Service Employees International Union: Commonsense Immigration Reforms Must Value Family Reunification

1:55 PM

Public Citizen: On Anniversary of U.S.-Korea FTA Implementation, U.S. Exports Down 9 Percent, Imports from Korea Up and Deficit With Korea Swells 30 Percent, Undermining Obama Export and Job Growth Goals

12:17 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Pope: * Among the Poor * Against Liberation Theology * “Complicit” with “Dirty War”

12:15 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Vanishing Freshwater Animals in Tennessee, Georgia, Other Southeast States

Wednesday March 13, 2013

5:25 PM

Progressive Caucus Leaders Release the Back to Work Budget to Create 7 Million Jobs

5:06 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Statement on Senate Budget Hearing

5:02 PM

Witness Against Torture Resisting Hell on Earth: Hunger Strike at Guantánamo

3:55 PM

Sierra Club: Groups Take Action to Protect Waterways in Multiple Coal Mining Pollution Cases

2:35 PM

Greenpeace: Dongwon Industries Faces Criminal Charges in Africa

2:34 PM

Public Citizen: Public Citizen Applauds Congressional Progressive Caucus for Including Financial Speculation Taxes in ‘Back to Work’ Budget Plan

2:32 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: * Korea Armistice “Dead” * Why Military Exercises?

12:31 PM

ACLU and NC Residents File Lawsuit to End Unconstitutional Prayers at Rowan County Meetings

Tuesday March 12, 2013

4:57 PM

Public Citizen: “Democracy Is For People” Constitutional Amendment Would Overturn Citizens United, End Corporate Spending in Elections

4:53 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Leaked: Audio of Bradley Manning Court Statement on WikiLeaks

4:49 PM

SOA Watch Activist Nashua Chantal Faces Six Months in Prison for Protest Against the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC)

4:49 PM

Food & Water Watch: Pennsylvania Coalition Launches Push for Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods

4:47 PM

Earthjustice: Both Houses Partner and Release Climate Legislation Discussion Draft

4:46 PM

Electronic Frontier Foundation Fifteen Years of DMCA Abuse

4:45 PM

Service Employees International Union: Ryan Budget: We've Seen This (Bad) Movie Before

4:41 PM

Doctors Without Borders: Deplorable Conditions for Cholera Patients in Haiti

4:22 PM

Bradley Manning Support Network: Journalistic Rights Organization Publishes Leaked Audio of Bradley Manning’s Statement

4:05 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Devastating Bat-killing Disease Reaches Georgia—Second State Announced in Two Days

3:26 PM

ACLU: Call on International Human Rights Body to Investigate Solitary Confinement in U.S.

3:00 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Washington, D.C., Joins National Call for Climate Change Action

2:23 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Constitutional Amendment Sponsors Renew Push to Undo Citizens United

12:25 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: International Human Rights Body Holds Hearing on Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis at Guantánamo

Monday March 11, 2013

5:38 PM

Friends of the Earth: San Onofre: Nuclear Watchdog Files Request for More Documents on Design of Flawed Steam Generators

5:37 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Washington State Senate Passes Wolf-killing Bill

5:31 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Budget Cuts Hurting Vermonters

5:01 PM

NIRS: On Fukushima Anniversary, NRC Commissioners Uphold Denial of License for Controversial Calvert Cliffs-3 Nuclear Reactor

2:56 PM

Tar Sands Action: Over 100 Youth Risk Arrest, Escalating Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline

2:33 PM

Amnesty International: Iraq: Still Paying a High Price After a Decade of Abuses

2:28 PM

Americans United: Corporations Don't Have Religious Liberty Right To Deny Workers Access To Birth Control

1:12 PM

Beyond Nuclear: On Fukushima Day, Another Door Slams Shut on US Nuclear Expansion Plans

12:59 PM

Greenpeace: Unjust Laws for Nuclear Power Leave Fukushima Victims Suffering

9:44 AM

Organic Consumers Association Responds to Whole Foods Plan to Label GMOs by 2018

Sunday March 10, 2013

12:58 PM

ACLU and CCR Comment on New York Times Article on Killing of Anwar Al-Aulaqi

Friday March 8, 2013

6:26 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: NYT Report on Selling Post Offices — and Sen. Feinstein’s Husband Profiting from “Manufactured Crisis”

6:23 PM

Friends of The Earth: San Onofre: Secret Report Confirms Edison Knew of Major Problems

6:18 PM

Food & Water Watch: USDA’s Proposed Country of Origin Labeling Rule Will Benefit Consumers

3:00 PM

Making Change at Walmart: Walmart Workers in Maryland &Texas File Unfair Labor Practice Charges

2:55 PM

Dēmos: New Report Exposes How High Frequency Trading Drains Investment and Jobs from the Real Economy

2:52 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Don’t Break Out the Bubbly Yet: 20 Million Americans Still Need Jobs

2:50 PM

ACLU Comment on John Brennan’s Confirmation to CIA Director

2:48 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: State Lawmakers Will Hold Hearing on First-Ever Bill to Regulate and Tax Marijuana Like Alcohol in Maryland

2:06 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Three U.S. Turtles Receive International Trade Protection

Thursday March 7, 2013

3:13 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders, Reid, DeFazio Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Social Security

3:11 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Save Endangered Southwestern Songbird From Habitat Destruction Caused by Invasive Beetles

2:49 PM

Violence Policy Center: Violence Policy Center Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Action Approving Bill to Stop Gun Trafficking

1:16 PM

Freedom to Marry: Meta-Analysis by Top Democratic and Republican Pollsters Shows Increased Support for Freedom to Marry, Isolated Opposition

1:13 PM

Organic Consumers Association to Attack ‘Natural’ Products Intentional Mislabeling

12:10 PM

Greenpeace: Activists on Three Continents Demand Nuclear Industry Accountability

Wednesday March 6, 2013

5:47 PM

ACLU: ACLU Launches Nationwide Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics

5:39 PM

The Yes Lab: "Actipedia" Crowdsourcing Platform Goes Public

2:52 PM

Earthjustice: Senate Republicans Block Caitlin Halligan from D.C. Circuit Court Seat

2:51 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Medical Marijuana Moves Forward in Illinois

2:49 PM

Common Cause: Minority Again Uses Filibuster to Hijack Senate Will

12:54 PM

ACLU Launches New Grassroots Campaigning Platform

Tuesday March 5, 2013

6:24 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: “Obama’s Department of Fracking and Nukes”

5:33 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: 52 Members of Congress Urge Continued Federal Protections for Wolves in Lower 48 States

5:29 PM

Food & Water Watch: Maryland One Year Closer to Fracking

4:11 PM

US PIRG: REINS Bill Would Dismantle America’s Public Health and Consumer Protections

4:08 PM

ACLU: “First Baby Step” Toward Oversight Over Targeted Killing Program, But Not Enough, ACLU Says

3:00 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Israel Above Sequestration Cuts?

2:58 PM

Friends of The Earth: Tests Reveal Potentially Toxic Titanium Dioxide in Sunscreen and Cosmetics

2:57 PM

IFAW: EU Sells Out Polar Bears at CITES

2:54 PM

Public Citizen: Groups Urge FEC to Take Action Against Chevron for $2.5 Million Super PAC Contribution

2:52 PM

Oxfam: Survivors Still Struggle to Recover Six Months after Pakistan Floods

11:21 AM

Avaaz.org: Massive Ad Campaign Challenges AIPAC During Annual Conference

Monday March 4, 2013

6:55 PM

ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Blocks Anti-Day Laborer, Anti-Speech Ordinance

4:43 PM

Public Citizen: No Hot Flash Relief Here: Medications for Depression, Seizures and Neuropathic Pain Should Not Get Nod From the FDA

4:41 PM

Food & Water Watch: Fracking Would Open Pandora’s Box in Maryland; Ban Needed Now

4:39 PM

Doctors Without Borders: As Clock Ticks Toward Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Deadline, U.S. Must End Stall Tactics on Access to Medicines

4:36 PM

Dēmos: New Report: Job Opportunities Hindered by Employment Credit Checks

4:33 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Attorneys Demand Guantánamo Officials Address Hunger Strike at Camp 6

4:31 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: CCR Describes to Court Lack of Access to Trial of Bradley Manning in Last Four Months

4:04 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Nominations of Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary, Gina McCarthy to Head EPA

1:21 PM

Americans United: Defense Of Marriage Act Promotes Religion And Should Be Struck Down

1:19 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Outages Spread in Critical Tsunami Warning System

1:13 PM

Oxfam: US Trade Policy Putting Public Health at Risk

1:10 PM

Oxfam: Key UN Women’s Conference Must Act to End Violence Against Women

Friday March 1, 2013

7:22 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Allows Dirty, Dangerous Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline to Move Forward

7:21 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Tar Sands Pipeline

6:41 PM

NWF: State Dept. Keystone XL Analysis Fatally Flawed

6:23 PM

Sierra Club: State Dept. Releases Supplemental Environmental Review of Keystone XL Pipeline

6:06 PM

Public Citizen: Ahead of Singapore Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations, U.S. Public Opposition to Deal Grows

5:14 PM

SumOfUs.org: Texas Landowner Julia Trigg Crawford Files Appeal Against TransCanada In Texarkana’s 6th Circuit Court

4:20 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Poll: Most Americans See Population Growth as Threat to Wildlife, Climate

4:19 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Senators “Opening a Backdoor to War with Iran”?

12:43 PM

ACLU: Religious Leaders, Members of Congress, High-Ranking Service Members Support Challenge to DOMA

12:36 PM

ICBL: Lend Your Leg to End Landmine Suffering: Nobel Campaign Makes Global Appeal on Anniversary of Ban Treaty

Thursday February 28, 2013

6:14 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Violence Against Women Act

6:05 PM

CEPR: Statement on the Financial Transaction Tax and Harkin-Defazio Bill

5:30 PM

Tar Sands Blockade: Protestor Locks Himself to Conference Equipment, DisruptsTransCanada Presentation At Oil Industry Gathering

5:04 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Questions Veterans Service Organizations on Cuts in Disability Benefits

2:10 PM

Public Citizen President to Congress: Regulatory Benefits Vastly Exceed Costs

2:08 PM

CCR: Vatican Summoned Before UN Committee on Rights of the Child

2:03 PM

Food & Water Watch: Sequestration Could Jeopardize Access to Safe, Clean, Affordable Water  

12:11 PM

PFAW Report: The Radical Right and the Challenge of Gun Violence Prevention

10:49 AM

Organic Consumers Applaud EPA for Releasing Data on Factory Farm Emissions

10:15 AM

Greenpeace: World Health Organisation Downplays Health Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Wednesday February 27, 2013

6:43 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Opposes Lew for Treasury Secretary

6:40 PM

ACLU Sets Record Straight on Chronology of GEO's Mississippi For-Profit Youth Prison

4:37 PM

Service Employees International Union: The Voting Rights Act: Still Essential to Our Democracy

4:31 PM

Dēmos Calls on the Supreme Court to Uphold Section 5

4:29 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: DOD Release of Docs in Manning Case Falls Short of Legal Requirement

4:27 PM

Common Cause: Statement on Challenge to the Voting Rights Act

2:49 PM

ACLU: Supreme Court Argument Highlights the Need for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, ACLU Says

11:17 AM

Organic Consumers Association: Frack No! Organic Consumers Oppose Pro-Fracking Scientist as Head of U.S. Department of Energy

Tuesday February 26, 2013

6:45 PM

Food & Water Watch: Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Fracking in New Mexico

6:43 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Argo, Fact Check Yourself

6:42 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Intelligence Veterans to Sen. Feinstein: Brennan Falsifying “Intelligence” on Iran, as His Mentor George Tenet Did on Iraq

6:40 PM

Public Citizen: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Closely Watched Arbitration Case

6:17 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: United States Cannot Afford the Price of Doing Nothing on Global Warming

4:15 PM

ACLU: Supreme Court Dismisses ACLU's Challenge to NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Law

Monday February 25, 2013

4:25 PM

Earthjustice: American Electric Power Agrees to Retire Three Coal-Fired Power Plants in Major Clean Air and Climate Victory

4:24 PM

Public Citizen: Suspicious Timing: Inaugural Contribution Linked to $8.3 Billion Nuclear Loan Guarantee?

4:21 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Sequestration, Military and Trade-Offs

Friday February 22, 2013

5:21 PM

Public Citizen: Decision by Industry Organization Removes Crucial Tool for Investor Oversight of Wall Street

5:16 PM

Environmental Groups: NAACP, Medical, Public Health and Environmental Groups Urge Court to Uphold Clean Air Safeguards

5:13 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Nominations of Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary, Gina McCarthy to Head EPA

3:29 PM

Center for Media and Democracy: Pete Peterson’s “Fix the Debt” Astroturf Supergroup Poised to Exploit Sequester Debate to Advance Austerity Agenda

1:44 PM

Food & Water Watch: Coalition Launches Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods in New Jersey

Thursday February 21, 2013

5:55 PM

CODEPINK: CODEPINK Plans Vigil for Drone Victims Outside the Pakistani Embassy with Members of the Pakistani Community

5:50 PM

Earthjustice: Obama Administration Delay Leaves Waters of the United States in Peril

5:47 PM

Earthjustice: U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Government Secrecy Case

5:46 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Reported Obama Energy Pick a “Nail in Coffin” for Focus on Climate Solutions

5:37 PM

Conservation Groups: Conservation Groups Applaud Alaska Reserve Plan

3:49 PM

CODEPINK: Sat Feb 23 Bradley Manning Rally Portland Noon "1,000 Days Without Trial"

3:48 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered California Fox, Other Wildlife From Rat Poisons

3:43 PM

Center for American Progress: Prescriptions to Stem Surging Health Care Costs

1:06 PM

Demand Progress: 90,000 Urge Congress NOT to Co-Sponsor CISPA

1:04 PM

Center for Media amd Democracy: Pete Peterson’s “Fix the Debt” Astroturf Supergroup Detailed in New Online Resource from the Publishers of ALECexposed.org

1:02 PM

Voces de la Frontera Wisconsin Immigrants Kick Off National Bus Tour in Milwaukee to Demand Path to Citizenship

Wednesday February 20, 2013

5:01 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Study: Privatizing Medicare Spikes Overhead Costs

4:58 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Coastal Florida Sparrow and Lizard Threatened by Sea-level Rise

4:56 PM

ForestEthics More Oil Spill Risk and Less Coastguard Means Moving From ‘Dumb to Dumber’

4:32 PM

Physicians for a National Health Program: Setting the Record Straight on Medicare’s Overhead Costs: New Study

4:28 PM

National Whistleblowers Center: IRS On Verge Of Crippling Whistleblower Program

3:19 PM

Americans for Safe Access: Hundreds of Medical Marijuana Advocates to Gather in Washington, D.C. for National Conference, to Change Federal Policy

3:18 PM

ACLU: Legislation Filed Responding to Crisis of Florida Minors Subjected to Harmful, Counterproductive Solitary Confinement

2:56 PM

US PIRG: Closing Tax Loopholes Won't Drive Companies Overseas

1:37 PM

Heist: Labor Groups Embracing Documentary Film: Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?

12:52 PM

Defenders of Wildlife: Polar Bear Rule Leaves Threatened Species Vulnerable

Tuesday February 19, 2013

6:22 PM

FAIR: Media and the Keystone March

6:14 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: China Cyber Report Reflects Tension– and Need to Demilitarize Internet

6:12 PM

Greenpeace: US Agribusiness Could Carve Ten Manhattans Out of African Forest

6:08 PM

Public Citizen: West Virginians Rally, Ask State Lawmakers to Call for End to Corporate Personhood

6:06 PM

Public Citizen: Trump Threatens $25 Million Lawsuit Over Campaign Urging Macy’s To Dump Donald Trump

3:01 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Administration Finalizes Polar Bear Extinction Plan

1:27 PM

CREW and Former Cong. Candidate Dr. David Gill Sue IRS Over Tax Loophole for Dark Money Groups

1:25 PM

Common Cause: Statement by Bob Edgar on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

11:46 AM

Greenpeace: Fukushima Suffering Continues, But Nuclear Regulations Make the Public Pay

11:26 AM

Post Carbon Institute: Two Groundbreaking Reports on Shale Gas & Oil Supplies, Economics

Monday February 18, 2013

4:08 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana for Seriously Ill Patients Introduced in West Virginia

1:07 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Ecuador’s Election a “Referendum on Economic Policies,” CEPR Co-Director Says

Friday February 15, 2013

4:53 PM

Greenpeace: REVEALED: Donors Trust is the Secret ATM Machine for Climate Deniers

3:50 PM

Earthjustice: Congressional Hearing Ignores Poor Record of State Coal Ash Regulation

1:45 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Ten Years After Feb. 15 Global Protests, A New Call

1:26 PM

ACLU: New Report Blames Failed Policies For 790% Jump in Federal Prison Population

Thursday February 14, 2013

6:14 PM

Americans for Safe Access: Federal Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced Today in Anticipation of Patient-Led Congressional Lobbying Effort

5:45 PM

Center for American Progress: Congress Can Avert Dangerous Automatic Cuts and Protect Investments in Jobs and Education by Closing Tax Loopholes

5:44 PM

Center for American Progress: NRA Working to Elect Pro-Gun Judges and Prosecutors

5:39 PM

Free Press: FCC Should Ignore AT&T's Bullying

5:34 PM

Sunlight Foundation: ‘Open States’ Connects You to any U.S. State Capitol and Lawmakers

5:31 PM

Public Citizen: Dire Warnings About New Regulations Don’t Come to Pass

5:29 PM

MADRE: We Rise Up

5:26 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: If Minimum Wage Kept Pace with Productivity, it Would be $16.54

5:24 PM

Earthjustice: Senators Sanders and Boxer Introduce Legislation to Curb Climate Change Pollution

5:15 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills

3:41 PM

Food & Water Watch: Iowa Senate Introduces Legislation to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

3:36 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

3:34 PM

Physicians for a National Health Program: National Doctors Group Hails Reintroduction of Medicare-for-All Bill

2:14 PM

RootsAction: Call to Action: Ask Your Senators to Request an Ethics Committee Investigation of Senator Dianne Feinstein Now

1:49 PM

Ridebuzz.org: Largest US Climate Rally Gets Ridesharing Boost

11:14 AM

Organic Consumers Association Brings 'Boycott Factory-Farmed Foods' Message to Forward on Climate Rally

9:42 AM

Senator Bernie Sanders and Boxer to Introduce Major Climate Change Legislation

Wednesday February 13, 2013

5:41 PM

Veterans For Peace: Debt Ceiling Is No Excuse

4:07 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Postal Service Modernization Bills Introduced; Saturday Mail Preserved

4:04 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Federal Review of Missouri Parks' Drinking Water Sought

4:01 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: SOTU: * Jobs * Equity * Climate

4:00 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: SOTU: Obama Poses as Dove while Civilians Bombed in Afghanistan

3:57 PM

Food & Water Watch: Natural Gas Holds No Key to Our Clean Energy Future

3:56 PM

Common Cause: Reform Groups Urge Office of Congressional Ethics to Steer Clear of Procedural Minefield

3:13 PM

Environmental Groups: 48 Environmental, Civil Rights, and Community Leaders Engage in Historic Act of Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline

12:18 PM

Tar Sands Blockade: Faulty Weld on Keystone XL Compromise Lives of East Texas Community

12:13 PM

NOW Salutes Senate Vote on Violence Against Women Act Calls on House to Follow Lead and Pass Inclusive VAWA Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill

12:05 PM

ACLU Responds to Executive Order on Cybersecurity; Opposes CISPA

9:23 AM

Sierra Club, 350.org, Hip Hop Caucus: Civil Disobedience Today at White House to Stop Tar Sands, Keystone XL pipeline

Tuesday February 12, 2013

5:18 PM

NRDC: New York Fracking Gag Order Violates Freedom of Speech

5:16 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: North Korea “Test”: Aggravated by U.S. “War Games” and “Pivot”?

5:15 PM

Friends of The Earth: San Onofre: Did Edison submit false information to NRC?

5:12 PM

Food & Water Watch: 135 National, State and Local Groups Tell Governor Cuomo to Stand Up for People,  Not Pollution

5:11 PM

CREW: January's Scoundrel of the Month: Sen. Mitch McConnell

5:08 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered California Plant Gains 9,600 Acres of Protected Habitat

5:06 PM

Brady Campaign President To Attend State of the Union With Brother Who Inspired His Activism

4:53 PM

People For the American Way: Those Who Threaten the President’s Life Are Not Welcome at the State of the Union

2:40 PM

Food & Water Watch: Consumers and Farmers Show USDA How to Stand Up for Country of Origin Labeling

1:32 PM

Global Justice Ecology Project: Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests

1:21 PM

Organic Consumers Association: Victory for Fair Trade and Food Workers' Rights

9:00 AM

Greenpeace: Time for Shell to Face Reality: Arctic Drill Rigs Not Up to the Task

Monday February 11, 2013

6:17 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Languishing Wilderness Legacy of National Parks

6:12 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: The State of the Union: Is Rule of Law in Peril or Is it No More?

6:08 PM

Environmental Groups Urge Investigation of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case

6:06 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Pope’s Resignation May Make International Prosecution Easier

6:03 PM

Brady Campaign Delivers 35,000 Signatures on Petitions as Part of Pre-State of the Union Grassroots Effort

5:54 PM

350.org: Prominent Canadians Support Forward on Climate Rally

3:03 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Five Executive Actions Against Climate Chaos: What the President Should Announce in State of the Union Speech

2:47 PM

Move to Amend: Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Congress Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations

Sunday February 10, 2013

10:00 AM

KyotoNOW!: Cornell Student Assembly Passes Resolution to Divest from Fossil Fuels In Landslide Vote

Friday February 8, 2013

5:21 PM

Environmental Working Group: California to Overhaul Fire Retardant Rules

5:18 PM

Children’s Defense Fund Releases New Report on Zero Tolerance

5:16 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Statement on John Brennan's Admission to CIA and NYPD's Arrangement on Spying on American Muslims

5:15 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Roadmap for Speeding Protection of Hundreds of Species Under Historic Settlement Agreement

5:12 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Postal Service Crisis Brought on by Bizarre Law

3:28 PM

Common Cause takes to Vine to Fight Efforts to Rig Electoral College

Thursday February 7, 2013

6:35 PM

Demand Progress: 11k Sign Petition On WhiteHouse.gov Demanding Obama Administration Fire US Attorney Steven Heymann Over Reckless Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz

6:24 PM

CODEPINK and Other Activists Arrested During Confirmation Hearing as They Call on Senate to Reject Brennan as Head of the CIA

6:19 PM

Violence Policy Center: States With Higher Gun Ownership and Weak Gun Laws Lead Nation in Gun Death

6:18 PM

NRDC: East Coast States Strengthen Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Set Model for Nation

6:16 PM

Friends of The Earth: Stop Big Corporations from Shipping Jobs and Profits Overseas

6:14 PM

Friends of The Earth: NRC Should Release Document Indicating Prior Knowledge of Design Problems at San Onofre Nuclear Reactors

6:11 PM

Earthjustice Files Lawsuit To Stop Further Pollution in the Everglades

6:10 PM

Earthjustice Applauds northeast, Mid-Atlantic State Effort to Address Climate Change Pollution

5:17 PM

ACLU: Civil Rights Coalition Files Lawsuit to Block Alabama from "Black Listing" Immigrants

1:29 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders, Schakowsky Propose Tax Fairness Act

1:26 PM

Greenpeace: Star Lawless Slams Oil Giant Shell Outside Court

12:18 PM

MADRE and the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict Launch International Petition

Wednesday February 6, 2013

5:24 PM

Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Survey Finds Independent Businesses Benefit from "Buy Local First" Campaigns, But Still Face Looming Challenges

4:09 PM

Center for American Progress: Speed Trap: Big Oil Profits from High Gasoline Prices

4:05 PM

Oxfam: Compromise on the EU Budget Will Put Millions of People on the Line

4:04 PM

Earthjustice: House Representatives Introduce Bill To Protect Public Health in Appalachia

4:01 PM

Greenpeace: Japan Utilities at Risk Unless They Adapt to Changed Market Forces

4:00 PM

350.org: 60 Groups Urge Kerry to Continue Strong Leadership on Climate Change

2:57 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders to Fight for Real Postal Reform and Saturday Mail

Tuesday February 5, 2013

5:26 PM

Rainforest Action Network Responds to Asia Pulp and Paper’s New Forest Commitments

5:21 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights Responds to Newly Released Targeted Killing White Paper

5:19 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Repeal the Sequester; Don’t Postpone it

5:17 PM

Marijuana Policy Project: Members of Congress Introduce Historic Bills to Regulate and Tax Marijuana Like Alcohol at the Federal Level

5:13 PM

Greenpeace: Major Breakthrough in Protection for Indonesia’s Remaining Rainforests

1:15 PM

US PIRG: New Study: Offshore Tax Dodging Blows $40 Billion Hole in State Budgets

1:11 PM

Common Cause and Allies Applaud Re-Launch of `Declaration for Democracy' Campaign to Overturn Citizens United

1:09 PM

PEER: No Climate Change Worries in Alaska

Monday February 4, 2013

7:18 PM

Electronic Frontier Foundation to Supreme Court: Blanket DNA Collection Violates Fourth Amendment

7:17 PM

Brennan Center for Justice: Statement on Lawsuit vs. NYPD on Illegal Surveillance of Muslim Americans

7:15 PM

Union of Concerned Scientists: Drivers Spend Almost as Much on Gas as They Paid for Their Cars

7:14 PM

Environmental Working Group: Time to Reform Environmentally Damaging Corn Ethanol Mandate

7:13 PM

Greenpeace: Leaked Arctic Council Oil Spill Response Agreement ‘Vague and Inadequate’

2:40 PM

National Lawyers Guild: Lawyers Guild Opposes Adding Tasers as SFPD Weapon

2:31 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: New Paper Projects Significant Carbon Emission Reductions with Fewer Work Hours

Friday February 1, 2013

6:43 PM

Center for Reproductive Rights: New HHS Regulations on Contraception Coverage Preserve Benefit for Millions of Women, But Contraception Should Not Be Separate From Other Health Care

6:40 PM

NARAL Pro-Choice America: Statement on Obama Administration's Next Step to Implement Contraceptive Coverage

6:19 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Hagel Hearings Lessons: Iraq “Surge”; Israel’s Primacy

6:16 PM

Americans United Issues Statement On Obama Contraceptive Rule

6:14 PM

ACLU: Michigan Reverses Policy, Issues Driver’s Licenses to DREAMers

4:48 PM

ACLU: Obama Administration Issues Proposed Contraception Rule

3:39 PM

Planned Parenthood Says New Regulations Ensure Women Can Get Birth Control at No Cost

3:36 PM

Food & Water Watch: Hopes For GE Food Labeling Bill Dashed By NM Senate

3:35 PM

Earthjustice: NEWS: Rare Wolverines Closer to Getting Long-Awaited Federal Protections

3:33 PM

CODEPINK: Press Conference: Faith-based, human rights and ex-military leaders speak out against John Brennan to head CIA

3:29 PM

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the January Employment Report

3:27 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Jobs Numbers Demonstrate Economy Needs Action to Spur Growth, Not Austerity

1:25 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Species Act Protection Proposed for Wolverine

1:16 PM

Arise Chicago: After Spontaneous Strike to Protest Wage Issues, Textile Workers' Partnership with Community Organization and Union Leads to Victory

11:11 AM

Friends of The Earth: Land Grabs and Human Rights Violations Exposed in LIberia Ahead of Global Development Summit

Thursday January 31, 2013

5:42 PM

Public Citizen Urges Government to Strip HSBC of Depository Insurance and Right to Do Business

5:39 PM

Lawyers' Committee Statement on National School Choice Week

3:30 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Questions for Hagel on Guantánamo

3:28 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched Against Elimination of 90 Percent of Protected Habitat for Endangered Mountain Caribou in Idaho, Washington

3:27 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Senators, Veterans, Seniors, Labor Unite in Opposition to Benefit Cuts for Seniors, Veterans

3:25 PM

Human Rights Watch: US: Injustices Filling the Prisons

3:20 PM

Sunlight Foundation Debuts 'Docket Wrench' -- Track Federal Regulation Comments Online

11:58 AM

Shut It Down Rallies to Celebrate The People's Payment, Then Block Gate at VYHQ

Wednesday January 30, 2013

6:05 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Limits Most Toxic Rat Poisons in Homes But Still Leaves Wildlife at Risk

6:00 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Bad Economic News Shows It's Time to Repeal the Sequester

5:40 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Vapor Intrusion Standards Relaxed in New Jersey

5:27 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Hagel Nomination and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

3:13 PM

Americans for Safe Access: City of Oakland Battles Obama Administration in Federal Court Over Medical Marijuana Dispensary

1:25 PM

Friends of the Earth Dutch Court Ruling Against Shell A Partial Victory

Tuesday January 29, 2013

6:18 PM

Environmental Working Group: Gatorade To Drop Suspect Additive

6:15 PM

Earthjustice: Breakthrough For Hawaiian Solar Power Announced By Clean Energy Groups

6:12 PM

Food & Water Watch: Manure to Energy Announcement is No Solution for The Bay

6:08 PM

Food & Water Watch: Americans Against Fracking Commends Maryland Legislators for Introducing Statewide Fracking Ban

5:48 PM

Natural Resources Defense Council: New Permit Would Allow Navy to Harm Millions of Marine Mammals

4:31 PM

United for a Fair Economy: Launch of New iPhone App Makes Finding & Sharing Corporate Tax, Government Subsidy & Campaign Donation Records Easy

4:11 PM

ACLU Responds to President’s Immigration Announcement

2:02 PM

Violence Policy Center Study Warns of "Next Wave" of Assault Pistols for Sale in the United States

1:59 PM

Free Press: AT&T Plan Would End All Oversight of Communications Networks

1:54 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Immigration Policy Beyond the Hype

1:50 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Senate Panel Diagnoses Primary Health Care Crisis

1:44 PM

CREW Releases New Report on Increased NFL Lobbying Activity in Washington

12:12 PM

Demand Progress Commends House Oversight Committee's Call for DOJ Briefing About Aaron Swartz Prosecution

11:27 AM

ACLU Urges Congress to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act

Monday January 28, 2013

6:13 PM

Citizen, Environmental Groups Sue Interior Department for Failure to Protect Streams

6:05 PM

Friends of the Earth: No Way Out: Freeway Gridlock Could Stall Evacuation From San Onofre

5:46 PM

CEPR: New Paper Finds that the IMF is Promoting Socially and Economically Harmful Policies Broadly Across Europe

4:52 PM

Americans United for Separation of Church and State: American Workers' Access to Birth Control Must Not Be Subject to Employers' Religion, Says Americans United

3:49 PM

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Statement Opposing Vermont Wind Moratorium

2:24 PM

Environmental Groups File Notice Letter to Sue NRG Energy for Massive Pollution

9:24 AM

ACLU Says Roadmap to Citizenship Must Protect Civil Liberties

Friday January 25, 2013

5:32 PM

Conservation Groups: Flawed EPA Air Pollution Plan for “Scenic Landscape” States Challenged by Clean Air Advocates

5:28 PM

Americans United: ‘School Choice Week’ Promotes Vouchers, Undermines Public Schools, Says Americans United

2:56 PM

Fix the Senate Now: Now It’s Official: Leaders Offer More Reaction to Senate’s Missed Opportunity for Real Change

1:43 PM

Food & Water Watch: FSIS Announces Major Cut in Import Inspections Four Years After It Took Effect

10:19 AM

Senator Bernie Sanders Votes Against Weak Filibuster Reform

Thursday January 24, 2013

6:27 PM

Food & Water Watch: Del. Shane Robinson and Sen. Karen Montgomery Introduce Statewide Ban on Fracking

6:25 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Reacting to Reports of a Schumer Proposal, Campaign for America’s Future Warns Democrats: Do Not Cut Social Security

6:20 PM

Common Cause: Filibuster "Compromise" Actually a Capitulation, Common Cause Asserts

6:14 PM

Avaaz.org: White House Petition for Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Cash Clears Threshold

6:12 PM

Public Citizen Welcomes Forthcoming Appointment of Former Prosecutor Mary Jo White to Chair Securities and Exchange Commission

5:46 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Unregulated Fracking in California

4:44 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Mental Health Care and Gun Violence

4:37 PM

CODEPINK Protester Disrupts Kerry Nomination Hearing; Calls for an End to US Aid to Israel

2:43 PM

Earthjustice: Both Houses of Congress Partner to Address Climate Crisis

2:41 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Speed Federal Protection for Boreal Toads

2:39 PM

ACLU: U.N. Human Rights Expert Launches Targeted Killing Inquiry

2:19 PM

Human Rights Watch: US: DC Police Mishandle Sexual Assault Cases

1:32 PM

Fix the Senate Now: Another Missed Opportunity to Deliver Meaningful Change to US Senate

Wednesday January 23, 2013

5:42 PM

Common Cause Urges Senators to Reject "Handshake Deal" on Filibuster

5:39 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: The Case Against Kerry

5:10 PM

ACLU Urges EEOC to Update Guidance Policy

5:05 PM

ACLU: California Failing to Deliver Vital Instruction to Thousands of English Learner Students

4:59 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Strong Filibuster Reform Needed Now

3:40 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Old-growth Forest in Humboldt County Spared From Clearcutting

1:16 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Force Plan to Save Florida's Threatened Corals

Tuesday January 22, 2013

6:39 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama: Radical or Rhetoric? * Rule of Law * Climate Change

6:37 PM

Earthjustice: Groups In Court Today Seeking Fracking Chemical Information

6:35 PM

Demos: Coalition Praises Efforts to Expand Early Voting, Same Day Voting in Maryland

6:33 PM

Campaign for America’s Future Calls for an End to Irresponsible Manufactured Hostage Crises

5:46 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Welcomes Obama Statement on Global Warming

4:56 PM

Americans for Safe Access: D.C. Circuit Denies Medical Marijuana Reclassification Challenge, Advocates Vow to Appeal

2:27 PM

NOW: Forty Years After Ruling, Support for Roe v. Wade Grows in Face of Ongoing Attacks

2:24 PM

ACLU: Ohio Woman Sues Over Unlawful Arrest Resulting From Racial Profiling

11:42 AM

NOW to Honor 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade with Vigil at Supreme Court

10:39 AM

Greenpeace: Point of No Return: Government Hypocrisy on Major Projects Will Lock in Climate Chaos

Monday January 21, 2013

4:08 PM

Natural Resources Defense Council: President Sounds a Call to Action on Climate Change

1:10 PM

United for a Fair Economy MLK Day Report | State of the Dream 2013

Friday January 18, 2013

5:55 PM

ACLU: Federal Government Issues Guidance Confirming States Should Allow DREAMers to Apply for Driver’s Licenses

5:48 PM

Center for Democracy & Technology Statement on January 18: Internet Freedom Day

5:47 PM

International Rivers: Cambodia, Vietnam, and Donors Challenge Laos on Mekong Dams

5:43 PM

Defenders of Wildlife: Department of the Interior and Arizona Bureau of Land Management Announce Decision for Renewable Energy Development

3:13 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama: I Have a Drone vs MLK: I have a Dream

2:48 PM

Americans for Safe Access: After Being Denied a Medical Marijuana Defense, Another Montana Cultivator was Convicted in Federal Court Yesterday

Thursday January 17, 2013

5:38 PM

Public Citizen: Citizens Rally This Week to Demand End to Dual Threat of Money in Politics and Voter Suppression

5:30 PM

Environmental Working Group: AP Report Raises Alarming Questions about EPA’s Oversight of Oil and Gas Drillers

5:28 PM

Environmental Groups: Floridians Stand Up for Clean Water at EPA Meetings in Tampa

5:23 PM

Dēmos: New Report “Billion-Dollar Democracy” Shows Unprecedented Impact of Big Money in 2012 Elections

5:19 PM

Amnesty International: Foreigner’s Murder Shows Greek Failure on Racist Violence

5:17 PM

Common Cause: Common Cause, Allies Mark Citizens United Anniversary, MLK Day With Actions Across the Nation, New Data on Election Spending

4:43 PM

US PIRG: “Elections Confidential” Report Reveals Role of Dark-Money Nonprofits and Shell Corporations in 2012

4:40 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders Outlines Questions for Hagel

2:17 PM

Arise Chicago Ordinance to Revoke Business Licenses of Wage-Stealing Employers Passes Chicago City Council Unanimously

1:30 PM

US PIRG: New Report: “Billion-Dollar Democracy” Shows Unprecedented Impact of Big Money in 2012 Elections

1:21 PM

NRDC: New Research Shows Climate Emissions from Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Much Worse Than Reported

11:49 AM

Demand Progress Asks Followers to 'Demand Justice for Aaron Swartz'

Wednesday January 16, 2013

5:45 PM

ACLU Response to President Obama's Announcement on Gun Control

5:36 PM

ACLU: Federal Complaint Filed Against UPS for Forcing Pregnant Worker Off the Job

4:05 PM

RootsAction: America’s Path From “I Have a Dream” to “I Have a Drone”

3:44 PM

IFAW: Mombasa Seizure Seals E Africa Reputation as Source for Dirty Ivory

3:40 PM

Common Cause Applauds New Reform Bills to Amplify Voices of Americans

3:28 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Mountain Fox in California and Oregon

3:27 PM

EWG: More Corn Ethanol Means More Harm to Consumers, the Environment

1:33 PM

Center for Science in the Public Interest: Extremism Running Amok at America's Restaurant Chains

1:31 PM

Food & Water Watch: Cashing Out Our Clean Air and Water with Pollution Trading

Tuesday January 15, 2013

6:09 PM

Center for Biological Diversity: Analysis: Five Most Frightening Findings of National Climate Assessment

5:07 PM

ACLU of Florida Statement Applauding Committee Passage of Drone Regulation Bill

4:53 PM

Oxfam Calls On Civilians to Be Protected and Humanitarian Needs Met as Mali Conflict Escalates

4:51 PM

NRDC: Extreme Weather Map Shows 3,527 Monthly Weather Records Shattered in 2012

3:53 PM

Public Citizen: New York State Attorney General Proposes Regulations to Require Disclosure of Electioneering Activities by Nonprofits

3:20 PM

ACLU: DeFuniak Springs Council Ending Drug Tests a Victory for Fourth Amendment

2:04 PM

Food & Water Watch: Deregulated Foreign Meat Inspection Leaves U.S. Consumers Unprotected, USDA Records Reveal

11:53 AM

Worldwatch Institute: Achieving a Sustainable Food System with Organic Farming

8:35 AM

350.org: Nation’s Top Climate Scientists Urge President Obama to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

Monday January 14, 2013

7:45 PM

ACLU: Davis School District Returns Children’s Book About Lesbian Parents to Library Shelves

5:01 PM

Environmental Coalition: Fracking Rules Leave New Yorkers Unprotected

3:27 PM

Doctors Without Borders: Syria: Airstrike on Market Kills and Injures Scores

3:21 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Internet Activist Swartz's Death a Product of 'Prosecutorial Overreach'

3:16 PM

Common Cause: Internet Voting Not the Solution to Long Lines, Machine Breakdowns on Election Day

2:45 PM

ACLU: Letter to Vice President Biden on Post-Newtown Response

12:53 PM

Protect Our Colorado: Large Coalition Comes Together to Oppose Fracking in Colorado

12:51 PM

PFAW Delivers 178,000 Petitions Calling for Bachmann’s Removal from Intelligence Committee

Friday January 11, 2013

6:22 PM

Union of Concerned Scientists: Federal Scientists Release Draft National Climate Assessment

5:35 PM

Brady Campaign: Policy Recommendation Made to White House Task Force

4:53 PM

NARAL Pro-Choice America: 40 Years After Women Won the Right to Choose, New Report Shows 2012 Another Record Year of Anti-Choice Attacks

4:14 PM

Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Advocates Hail San Diego Mayor's Decision to Stop Crackdown on Dispensaries

3:10 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Beyond the Obama-Karzai Spin: * Oil * Warlords * Real Security

3:02 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Three Years Later, Haiti Still Struggling Due to Failures of International Community

10:41 AM

Reprieve: After Eleven Years of Guantánamo, British Resident Remains Imprisoned

9:03 AM

Amnesty International: Haiti: Three Years on from Earthquake Housing Situation Catastrophic

Thursday January 10, 2013

8:28 PM

OSGATA: Farmers Join Hundreds to Protest Outside Monsanto Hearing and Demand End to Monsanto's Campaign of Intimidation in Rural America Over GMOs

4:47 PM

Demand Progress: “Torture is STILL Not OK”

4:43 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Opposes Lew for Treasury Secretary

3:38 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Alaska Dropped Ball On Runaway Shell Vessel

3:37 PM

Public Citizen: Questions Still Unanswered About Jacob Lew’s Loyalty to Wall Street

3:36 PM

Public Citizen: Here Comes Chicken Little; Same Big Business Agenda for the U.S. Chamber

3:22 PM

Human Rights Watch: Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects

3:20 PM

Conservation Groups Ask Obama for a Suspension of Arctic Ocean Drilling

3:03 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Gitmo Lawyers Condemn ZD30 Oscar Nod

Wednesday January 9, 2013

4:29 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Act Boldly on Global Warming

2:27 PM

Greenpeace: Uniqlo Commits to Eliminate Toxic Fashion

2:26 PM

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Brady Center, Victims’ Families, Law Enforcement Urge Federal Appeals Court To Review and Reverse Ruling Invalidating Illinois Restrictions on Carrying Guns in Public

2:12 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: End Conflicts of Interest at the Fed

Tuesday January 8, 2013

7:38 PM

Bradley Manning Support Network: Breaking: Military Judge Rules Bradley Manning Illegally Treated

6:07 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Stop and Frisk Lawyers Praise Decision Finding NYPD Stops Unconstitutional

6:03 PM

Environmental Groups: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Habitat

5:48 PM

Violence Policy Center: While Newtown and America Grieve, Newtown, CT-based Gun Industry Trade Association National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Prepares for Its Annual Celebration of Guns Next Week in Las Vegas

2:07 PM

Common Cause Applauds SEC Step Toward Corporate Political Spending Disclosure

2:05 PM

Amnesty International: Guantánamo: In His Second Term Obama Must Correct Human Rights Failure

2:02 PM

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Files DOJ, FEC Complaints Against Payday Lender for Illegal Conduit Contribution to Super PAC

1:59 PM

Public Citizen: SEC Moves to Require That Corporations Disclose All Political Spending

Monday January 7, 2013

5:32 PM

Senator Bernie Sanders: McConnell is Dead Wrong

5:16 PM

CODEPINK: Protest at White House Against John Brennan as Head of CIA

5:12 PM

Sierra Club: Georgia Power Phases Out Old, Expensive Coal Plants

5:10 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Court Orders Tighter Off-Road Plan for Stanislaus Forest

5:03 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Federal Court Hears Persecution Case Against Anti-Gay Leader Scott Lively

5:01 PM

Center for Economic and Policy Research: More Than 200,000 Petition for Paul Krugman to Be Treasury Secretary

4:48 PM

ACLU: Brennan Nomination to Head CIA Raises Concerns

10:54 AM

Greenpeace: Grounded Drill Rig Freed, but Shell's Reputation in Tatters

Friday January 4, 2013

6:16 PM

AFL-CIO Statement on December Jobs Report

6:15 PM

Environmental Working Group: EWG Calls For Broader Reform on Chemical Safety

6:11 PM

Earthjustice: Federal Court Rules in Favor of Clean Air

6:10 PM

Greenpeace: Shell's 2013 Arctic Drilling Programme 'On the Brink' After Grounded Drilling Rig Incident

5:57 PM

Sierra Club: Sierra Club Statement on Transocean, Justice Dept. Settlement in Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill

2:45 PM

Bradley Manning Support Network: Government Seeks to Block Whistle-Blower Bradley Manning’s Motive from Trial

2:05 PM

Americans for Safe Access: Obama Administration Throwing Medical Marijuana Patients Into Federal Prison at Unprecedented Rate

1:59 PM

Institute for Public Accuracy: Protests Against Rapes in India

1:45 PM

Campaign for America's Future: Unemployment Numbers are a Warning to Washington to Act on Jobs

1:24 PM

Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association: Family Farmers to Travel to Washington, D.C. to Take on Monsanto

Thursday January 3, 2013

5:25 PM

ACLU: NDAA Prevents Closing Guantanamo, Could Lead to Claims of a Right to Discriminate

5:20 PM

Freedom to Marry Statement on GOP Move for More Spending to Defend DOMA

5:13 PM

Sierra Club: 'The Last Straw'—After Shell's Latest Failure, Sierra Club Calls for Drilling Permits to be Immediately Revoked

5:09 PM

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: NOAA Declines to Probe Vast Underestimate of BP Spill

5:08 PM

Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Group Condemns President Obama for Signing NDAA

2:01 PM

US PIRG: With Fiscal Cliff Deal Finalized, Congress Should Close Costly Corporate Tax Loopholes and End Special Interest Handouts

1:55 PM

US PIRG: Report Exposes How Taxpayers Bear Cost of Corporate Settlements

1:35 PM

Tar Sands Blockade Halts Construction in Diboll, TX in Solidarity with Idle No More First Nations Movement

Wednesday January 2, 2013

6:47 PM

Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Groups File Brief in Support of Mendocino's Refusal to Turn Over Cultivation Records to Feds

5:49 PM

ACLU: Court Dismisses Most of FOIA Lawsuit on Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens

5:17 PM

Union of Concerned Scientists: New Year’s Day Farm Bill Extension a Giant Step Backward

5:14 PM

People For the American Way: Empty Courtrooms in Obama’s First Term: A Slow Start on Judicial Nominations Magnified Many Times Over By Republican Obstruction

1:56 PM

Food & Water Watch: Despite Food Safety Problems, Australia’s Privatized Meat Inspection Deemed “Equivalent” to U.S. by USDA

10:57 AM

Greenpeace Statement on Shell's Arctic Drill Rig Kulluk

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